ASAP Releases 2008 Annual Report
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) released its 2008 annual report. Among its recommendations, the ASAP “strongly endorses the NASA position on not extending Shuttle operations” beyond what is currently …
CBO Releases Report on Budget Implications of NASA's Exploration Program
The Congressional Budget Office released a report entitled “The Budgetary Implications of NASA’s Current Plans for Space Exploration.” The report updates a 2004 CBO analysis of 72 NASA programs that …
IISL Colloquium to be Held in October in Daejeon, South Korea
The 52nd annual International Institute of Space Law colloquium will be held in connection with the International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon, South Korea from October 12-16, 2009. Visit http://www.iislweb.org/ for …
SSB Chair Kennel Comments on a "New World Order In the Making"
Charlie Kennel, chair of the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board, comments in the SSB’s most recent newsletter on “a new world order in the making — a world in …
UN COPUOS to meet June 3-12, Vienna, Austria
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DOD Recommends Terminating the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) Program
On April 6, 2009, DOD Secretary Robert Gates announced his department’s key FY2010 budget recommendations one of which is that “Third, we will terminate the $26 billion transformational satellite program, …
President calls station to chat with astronauts
President Barack Obama, hosting school kids and members of Congress, called the crews of the shuttle Discovery and the international space station today, quizzing the astronauts about life in space …